Sunday, September 30, 2012
Saturday, September 29, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
FOREVER GRATEFUL ~ NEVER FORGET!
Honoring our Fallen Warriors by honoring their mothers on Gold Star Mother's Day. Staring Students for Clever Elementary in Clever, Missouri and The Hillsborough Jr. Raider Cheerleaders of Hillsborough, New Jersey. Brought to you by the American Fallen Warrior Memorial Foundation. Please visit goldstarmoms.com
A TRIBUTE TO AMERICA'S GOLD STAR MOTHERS
In September 2011, Cindy, the creator of this video, traveled to Iraq with an amazing group of women, nine of whom are Gold Star moms. This video is her tribute to their children who were all killed during military service, and to the strong women who mothered them.
May God bless each of these women and all Gold Star Mothers and may all have His peace in their lives.
May God bless each of these women and all Gold Star Mothers and may all have His peace in their lives.
THIS SUNDAY IS GOLD STAR MOTHER'S DAY
This Sunday is Gold Star Mother's Day in the US. A Gold Star Mother is any American woman whose child has died in the line of duty of the United States Armed Forces.
The poem below is from a Marine mom friend, who knows the author. Keo wrote this a few years ago, as she read an obituary of a fallen Marine, which once again included a common comment from a family member...that he wanted to be a Marine since he was young. (Keo herself is a former Marine, the sister of a soldier killed in Viet Nam ('70), and her son is in the Army.)
There's no better way to honor these special Mothers...
GOLD STAR MOTHER
By Keo R. Gathman
As she stands beside his grave
On yet another Memorial Day,
She remembers the boy she sent away
And how he became the man resting here today.
His heroes didn't become famous playing ball.
In fact most of their names were never well known at all.
They went to work wearing camouflage green and desert brown,
Earning their reputation as the toughest warriors around.
When he first saw them in dress blues
The heart within her little boy knew,
That nothing short of becoming one of them would do.
Time all too quickly passed by
As childhood things were put aside,
And his heart's desire would not be denied.
"I love you, Mom" he said one day
"But the time has come for me to go away,"
And she knew his decision she couldn't sway.
Through tears she tried so hard to keep inside
She told her baby boy goodbye.
Writing him letters nearly every day
She often took the time to pray,
"Lord be with my boy today."
"Help him clearly see the man I know that he can be,
Grant him his most cherished dream,
Let him come home, a United States Marine."
When the time came for him to go to war
She feared as she had never feared before,
Prayed there would be no knock on her front door.
They came that day dressed in their blues
And though in her heart she already knew,
She cried out "No, it can't be true."
The man child she had sent away
Was at last coming home to stay.
He never doubted what they did was right,
And he never wavered in the fight.
Forever and always as in his childhood dreams,
Her boy remains a United States Marine.
Copyright 2006 Keo R. Gathman ( beakerless@hotmail.com ). Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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A friend is someone who reaches for your hand, but touches your heart.
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Thursday, September 27, 2012
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Saint Vincent de Paul
The deathbed confession of a dying servant opened Vincent's eyes to the crying spiritual needs of the peasantry of France. This seems to have been a crucial moment in the life of the man from a small farm in Gascony, France, who had become a priest with little more ambition than to have a comfortable life.
It was the Countess de Gondi (whose servant he had helped) who persuaded her husband to endow and support a group of able and zealous missionaries who would work among poor tenant farmers and country people in general. Vincent was too humble to accept leadership at first, but after working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley-slaves, he returned to be the leader of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians. These priests, with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and stability, were to devote themselves entirely to the people in smaller towns and villages.
Later, Vincent established confraternities of charity for the spiritual and physical relief of the poor and sick of each parish. From these, with the help of St. Louise de Marillac, came the Daughters of Charity, "whose convent is the sickroom, whose chapel is the parish church, whose cloister is the streets of the city." He organized the rich women of Paris to collect funds for his missionary projects, founded several hospitals, collected relief funds for the victims of war and ransomed over 1,200 galley slaves from North Africa. He was zealous in conducting retreats for clergy at a time when there was great laxity, abuse and ignorance among them. He was a pioneer in clerical training and was instrumental in establishing seminaries.
Most remarkably, Vincent was by temperament a very irascible person—even his friends admitted it. He said that except for the grace of God he would have been "hard and repulsive, rough and cross." But he became a tender and affectionate man, very sensitive to the needs of others.
Pope Leo XIII made him the patron of all charitable societies. Outstanding among these, of course, is the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, founded in 1833 by his admirer Blessed Frédéric Ozanam (September 7).
Comment:
The Church is for all God's children, rich and poor, peasants and scholars, the sophisticated and the simple. But obviously the greatest concern of the Church must be for those who need the most help—those made helpless by sickness, poverty, ignorance or cruelty. Vincent de Paul is a particularly appropriate patron for all Christians today, when hunger has become starvation, and the high living of the rich stands in more and more glaring contrast to the physical and moral degradation in which many of God's children are forced to live.
Quote:
"Strive to live content in the midst of those things that cause your discontent. Free your mind from all that troubles you, God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this [choice] without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires" (St. Vincent de Paul, Letters).
Patron Saint of:
Charities
It was the Countess de Gondi (whose servant he had helped) who persuaded her husband to endow and support a group of able and zealous missionaries who would work among poor tenant farmers and country people in general. Vincent was too humble to accept leadership at first, but after working for some time in Paris among imprisoned galley-slaves, he returned to be the leader of what is now known as the Congregation of the Mission, or the Vincentians. These priests, with vows of poverty, chastity, obedience and stability, were to devote themselves entirely to the people in smaller towns and villages.
Later, Vincent established confraternities of charity for the spiritual and physical relief of the poor and sick of each parish. From these, with the help of St. Louise de Marillac, came the Daughters of Charity, "whose convent is the sickroom, whose chapel is the parish church, whose cloister is the streets of the city." He organized the rich women of Paris to collect funds for his missionary projects, founded several hospitals, collected relief funds for the victims of war and ransomed over 1,200 galley slaves from North Africa. He was zealous in conducting retreats for clergy at a time when there was great laxity, abuse and ignorance among them. He was a pioneer in clerical training and was instrumental in establishing seminaries.
Most remarkably, Vincent was by temperament a very irascible person—even his friends admitted it. He said that except for the grace of God he would have been "hard and repulsive, rough and cross." But he became a tender and affectionate man, very sensitive to the needs of others.
Pope Leo XIII made him the patron of all charitable societies. Outstanding among these, of course, is the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, founded in 1833 by his admirer Blessed Frédéric Ozanam (September 7).
Comment:
The Church is for all God's children, rich and poor, peasants and scholars, the sophisticated and the simple. But obviously the greatest concern of the Church must be for those who need the most help—those made helpless by sickness, poverty, ignorance or cruelty. Vincent de Paul is a particularly appropriate patron for all Christians today, when hunger has become starvation, and the high living of the rich stands in more and more glaring contrast to the physical and moral degradation in which many of God's children are forced to live.
Quote:
"Strive to live content in the midst of those things that cause your discontent. Free your mind from all that troubles you, God will take care of things. You will be unable to make haste in this [choice] without, so to speak, grieving the heart of God, because he sees that you do not honor him sufficiently with holy trust. Trust in him, I beg you, and you will have the fulfillment of what your heart desires" (St. Vincent de Paul, Letters).
Patron Saint of:
Charities
Monday, September 24, 2012
The only limits in life?
Jesus said to the crowd:
“No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel
or sets it under a bed;
rather, he places it on a lampstand
so that those who enter may see the light.
For there is nothing hidden that will not become visible,
and nothing secret that will not be known and come to light.
Take care, then, how you hear.
To anyone who has, more will be given,
and from the one who has not,
even what he seems to have will be taken away.”
Reflection:
How we have either failed to respond appropriately or have succeeded in bringing Christ glory through our actions on his behalf. In St. Luke’s Gospel today Jesus tells his disciples that they must take the “good news” into the world; that what they have been given is not some private knowledge or some secret to be guarded. They are called to tell anyone who will listen, likening the word to light in the darkness a fire that will light the night.
The act of taking God’s word to the world means acting upon what we have learned. In a very pragmatic way we are called to be light to the world through how we interact with the world in which night constantly tries to rule. Just as living in Christ’s light is difficult for us, so the struggle between love and hate is constantly being waged in the world around us.
The message for us today is one of the basics; we are called to be a light for the world. Reflecting upon the great love that stimulated this call, how can we not respond with all our hearts? We pray especially that our actions will be that light and those who meet us today will see it and be inflamed by the love we show them.
A patient funny
Doctor: "You're in great shape for your age, but I'm not a magician - I can't make you any younger."
Elderly Patient: "Who asked you to make me younger? Just make sure I get older!"
[forwarded by Gretchen Patti]
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Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and recorded every day like those of a baseball player.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
There is sanctuary...
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately,
and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,
and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
- Henry David Thoreau
Saturday, September 22, 2012
Friday, September 21, 2012
Reflection James 3:16-4:3 ~ 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
James 3:16-4:3
Beloved:
Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there is disorder and every foul practice.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure,
then peaceable, gentle, compliant,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without inconstancy or insincerity.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
for those who cultivate peace.
Where do the wars
and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions
that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;
you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive,
because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
In some ways the Letter of St James is unusual. It mixes shrewd advice and social commentary in a way that really speaks to our times, almost as if it were written only yesterday.
In today's extract from James we find an extended meditation on the power of peacemaking and the roots of aggression. About aggression, the letter of James is quite blunt: it comes from our desire to have more. And more again. There is much here for us to ponder. Western culture and Western economies are built upon this desire. Since the downturn in the world economy we have read ceaselessly that consumers have lost confidence, that they are buying less, and that for recovery to take place, they need to be buying more at the shops. Once we buy more, the economy will pick up to produce the goods that are being bought. At the same time, we know that much of our culture is based on the creation of changing tastes and fashions: not just clothes but interior decoration, furnishings, clothes, even gardens have to be reshaped as tastes change.
We are part of a cycle of wanting more. This desire runs through our culture. But how long can it go on like this?
Reading James 3.16-4.3 gives us pause for thought. If we want more and more, is it ever possible to have enough? The letter warns us that if we are caught up in bottomless desire, then a spirit of sourness takes over. When we do not have what we covet, we become resentful, and in some cases, bitter. From here to aggression is only a short step. We think that our age is obsessed with sexuality, but perhaps covetousness and greed are our true obsessions. If we can never have enough, then can we ever have a spirituality which will lead us to true contentment? IfAlways wanting more, can we ever have a spirit of gratitude?
The letter of James invites us to think again about what it would be like to base our lives more closely on a following of Christ. Surely there would be greater simplicity in our lives, a gratitude for what we have, a desire to share more. Jesus in the gospel today (Mark 9.30-37) helps us find this as he commends a spirit of service and of hospitality. Greatness, he says, is found in looking after the needs of others. What a challenge to us is found in those simple words! He then goes on to commend protection and nurture of children. After the child abuse scandal we cannot read these words without a pang. The sadness that we feel must not stop there, however: it needs to challenge us to raise the standards of how we care for our children.
A spirit of service, nurturing of the young, humility. These are not dramatic virtues, but they reshape the world, by making it a place where others feel welcome and at home. Simple gestures of hospitality are open to all of us, and create an atmosphere of generosity and of sharing. In such ways as these the world is reshaped. It is the antidote to ceaseless self-centredness. Jesus invites us to find our true security in handing our lives over to God. Security? Goodness will not protect us any more than it protected him. There is a ruthlessness in the world around us, we all know that. Yet even in acknowledging his vulnerability, Jesus puts his trust in the Father, and invites us all to do the same.
h/t Father Terry Tastard
Beloved:
Where jealousy and selfish ambition exist,
there is disorder and every foul practice.
But the wisdom from above is first of all pure,
then peaceable, gentle, compliant,
full of mercy and good fruits,
without inconstancy or insincerity.
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
for those who cultivate peace.
Where do the wars
and where do the conflicts among you come from?
Is it not from your passions
that make war within your members?
You covet but do not possess.
You kill and envy but you cannot obtain;
you fight and wage war.
You do not possess because you do not ask.
You ask but do not receive,
because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
In some ways the Letter of St James is unusual. It mixes shrewd advice and social commentary in a way that really speaks to our times, almost as if it were written only yesterday.
In today's extract from James we find an extended meditation on the power of peacemaking and the roots of aggression. About aggression, the letter of James is quite blunt: it comes from our desire to have more. And more again. There is much here for us to ponder. Western culture and Western economies are built upon this desire. Since the downturn in the world economy we have read ceaselessly that consumers have lost confidence, that they are buying less, and that for recovery to take place, they need to be buying more at the shops. Once we buy more, the economy will pick up to produce the goods that are being bought. At the same time, we know that much of our culture is based on the creation of changing tastes and fashions: not just clothes but interior decoration, furnishings, clothes, even gardens have to be reshaped as tastes change.
We are part of a cycle of wanting more. This desire runs through our culture. But how long can it go on like this?
Reading James 3.16-4.3 gives us pause for thought. If we want more and more, is it ever possible to have enough? The letter warns us that if we are caught up in bottomless desire, then a spirit of sourness takes over. When we do not have what we covet, we become resentful, and in some cases, bitter. From here to aggression is only a short step. We think that our age is obsessed with sexuality, but perhaps covetousness and greed are our true obsessions. If we can never have enough, then can we ever have a spirituality which will lead us to true contentment? IfAlways wanting more, can we ever have a spirit of gratitude?
The letter of James invites us to think again about what it would be like to base our lives more closely on a following of Christ. Surely there would be greater simplicity in our lives, a gratitude for what we have, a desire to share more. Jesus in the gospel today (Mark 9.30-37) helps us find this as he commends a spirit of service and of hospitality. Greatness, he says, is found in looking after the needs of others. What a challenge to us is found in those simple words! He then goes on to commend protection and nurture of children. After the child abuse scandal we cannot read these words without a pang. The sadness that we feel must not stop there, however: it needs to challenge us to raise the standards of how we care for our children.
A spirit of service, nurturing of the young, humility. These are not dramatic virtues, but they reshape the world, by making it a place where others feel welcome and at home. Simple gestures of hospitality are open to all of us, and create an atmosphere of generosity and of sharing. In such ways as these the world is reshaped. It is the antidote to ceaseless self-centredness. Jesus invites us to find our true security in handing our lives over to God. Security? Goodness will not protect us any more than it protected him. There is a ruthlessness in the world around us, we all know that. Yet even in acknowledging his vulnerability, Jesus puts his trust in the Father, and invites us all to do the same.
h/t Father Terry Tastard
A Lion Funny
A man was walking along the street when he saw a crowd of people running toward him. He stopped one of the runners and asked, "What's happening?"
The runner replied breathlessly, "A lion has escaped from the city zoo."
"Oh no! Which way is it heading?"
"Well, you don't think we're chasing it, do you?"
[forwarded by Steve Sanderson]
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Seen on the back of a septic company truck: "A flush beats a full house."
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
A mother's love and play by play keeps son connected to football
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| Mark Kidd and Peyton Manning |
The most heartfelt play-by-play call in Kentucky football this fall will not come from Tom Leach on Kentucky games, nor from Paul Rogers on Louisville contests, nor from any of the small army of radio broadcasters who fill the airwaves on Friday nights with descriptions of local high schools' exploits.
Instead, it will come from a 42-year-old Rowan County, Kentucky mom who admits, "I don't know that much about football."
On some Friday nights, that does not stop Melissa "Missy" Kidd from taking up a position behind the home team bench near midfield at Rowan County's Coach Paul Ousley Stadium. She is there to deliver a real-time description of that night's high school game to an audience of one.
"No, no, no, no, Mark, the Panthers just scored another touchdown. Oh, no!"
Almost since Mark Kidd was old enough to speak, he has had a passion for football. His parents are convinced that the little boy whose first spoken word was "ball" and who was so fearless that, as a 3-year-old, he climbed a ladder and got on the roof of his family's house would have been a holy terror on Friday nights.
"Mark would have been an animal in high school football," says his father, Ashley Kidd.
If only he had gotten that chance.
Read the entire story from the Lexington Herald Leader
Little league funny
During a little league baseball game, the coach asked one of his young players: "Do you understand what cooperation is? What a team is?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"Do you understand that what matters is winning together as a team?"
The little boy nodded yes.
"So," the coach continued, "when a strike is called, or you are out at first, you don't argue or curse or attack the umpire. Do you understand all that?"
Again, the boy nodded yes.
"Good," said the coach. "Now go over there and explain it to your mother."
[forwarded by Rachel Ficker]
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If you can't tell the difference between your ice cubes and your ice cream, it's time to throw BOTH out.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
You KNOW you're from Louisville when.....
If you actually get these jokes, then pass them on to other friends from Louisville. If they make no sense to you, sorry to say, you obviously haven't been around 'Looahvul' much.
You're still upset that Dillard's took over Bacon's.
You still refer to the Bashford Manor Mall and it has been gone for 7 Years.
Your 'International' airport has only one passenger flight that actually leaves the 48 contiguous U.S. States and is also the size of an average mall.
The in-state sports rivalry is paid more attention to than the national championship.
You live in an area that occasionally gets considerable snowfalls, floods, and tornadoes....but has no capacity to deal with any of the above.
You pronounce the name of your city different than anyone else you've heard.
You think the rest of the people in Kentucky sound like hicks.
When you think of Kentucky , you don't automatically think horse racing or fried chicken.
You ask your doctor for an allergy cure and he tells you to 'move'
You've shoveled 10 plus inches of snow and worn shorts in the same week.
When people ask what school you went to, they don't mean Vanderbilt, Yale or Harvard; they mean Ballard, Male, Manual, Trinity or St. X.
Your last ten vacations were in Panama City or Destin.
You make an emergency run to Kroger for bread and milk at the first sighting of a snowflake.
You've lived here for years, yet somehow you get hopelessly lost each time you attempt a shortcut through Cherokee Park .
You're convinced turn signals are useless options on a vehicle.
You hold up traffic to let a motorist you don't know into your lane.
You give directions based on landmarks that no longer exist or street names that have changed, but your directions never confuse any of the other Louisvillians.
You have never been to the Derby , but wouldn't miss the Oaks.
You call in sick to attend the Oaks and spot your boss - who also called in sick - at the next betting window.
You think all the REAL hicks live in New Albany , IN.
You think the only thing Southern Indiana is good for is buying pumpkins.
When introduced to another life-long Louisvillian, you spend the first part of the conversation finding out how you are connected. It's never as many as six degrees of
separation - usually three will do it.
You think a pervert is someone who would rather have sex than watch basketball.
You can read about Rick Pitino in at least three different sections of your newspaper.
You think the rest of the world knows what a Hot Brown is.
You have never eaten fish that wasn't fried.
You think the whole world puts spaghetti in chili.
You want another bridge built over the Ohio River , just so long as it doesn't cut through YOUR neighborhood.
You've experienced a 'salt storm' after a two-inch snowfall.
I will greet this day with love...
I will greet this day with love in my heart.
And how will I do this?
Henceforth will I look on all things with love and be born again.
I will love the sun for it warms my bones;
yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.
I will love the light for it shows me the way;
yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.
I will welcome happiness as it enlarges my heart;
yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.
I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due;
yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
- Og Mandino
A Will Funny
An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her pastor she had two final requests.
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Walmart.
"Walmart?" the pastor exclaimed. "Why Walmart?"
"Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week."
[forwarded by JR Whitby]
today'sTHOT============================
Don't let aging get you down...It's too hard to get back up!
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Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Left To Tell: Discovering God in the midst of the Rawandan Holocaust
The weak can never forgive.
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~ Gandhi
Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~ Gandhi
The Vespers: Not a Christian band...but, a band of Christians
Saw The Vespers were featured on PBS-KET this evening. What a wholesome group of young people, and a wonderful sound. Their music is called "Newgrass" a new style of music played with Bluegrass instruments. I liked it immediatey, maybe you will too.
A pair of sisters met a pair of brothers and became four of a promising kind. Known as The Vespers, this grounded group of homegrown musicians have Nashville in their blood but down-to-earthier ideals in their souls.
Blessed with humble spirits, and songs with such emotional depth and intricate harmonies, it makes you wonder how they can be so under the radar. This sister/brother act doesn't even have a manager -- or a Wikipedia page.
That's all about to change. With the release of their superb second album, The Fourth Wall, on April 3, the Vespers -- Callie and Phoebe Cryar, Taylor and Bruno Jones -- better get ready to lead a life less normal. As long as they're ready and willing, it's hard to fathom a better collection of unsigned, indie artists in the 19-22 age bracket capable of breaking through that wall.
Neither totally shy nor gregarious, the Cryar sisters are confident and outspoken enough to know what they want in their music, yet still open to outside ideas. Before a video shoot in their hometown last week, they graciously shared thoughts about the origin of the Vespers, The Fourth Wall, their Nashville upbringing and what they want out of all this.
Sister act
"Callie and I have been singing together for so long, it's more of a natural thing," said Phoebe, who proudly calls her older sister "a vocal powerhouse." Callie's bluesy delivery on Son House's "Grinnin In Your Face," the lone cover on the album, is proof positive of that.
The Cryar twosome (Callie, far right, and Phoebe in the "Flower Flower" video) share so many pretty physical traits that many have mistaken them for twins. While splitting lead vocals and playing a number of instruments (Callie: guitar, ukulele, banjo and electric bass; Phoebe: mostly banjo and guitar, some ukulele and an occasional mandolin and accordion), they admittedly remain competitive with each other (Phoebe: "Very"; Callie: "Extremely."). But their contrasting personalities are soon detectable, with Phoebe-speak coming quickly and quietly while a candid Callie pauses more often but is always "telling it like it is," her younger sibling reveals.
"We're definitely sisters, so we have our little spats here and there," Phoebe added. "But at the same time we understand each other very well."
While mostly in agreement during this almost hourlong conversation, the Cryars did have a difference of opinion about their songwriting abilities:
Phoebe: "I usually lean towards melodies, and her lyrics, she usually puts a lot more thought into hers and they're usually very powerful and they can stand on their own. But my lyrics are a lot more simple, I think. And I usually lean on the music more."
Callie: "I've got to correct you there."
Phoebe (expressing mock outrage): "What!"
Callie: "I think the reason I put more thought into my lyrics is because it's more of a struggle for me to just naturally come up with good lyrics. ... I don't like writing a song unless I'm proud of the lyrics and so it takes me longer and takes me studying harder to make lyrics that I like. Maybe that's why it seems like I'm better at lyrics, but I'm not. I just have to put more time into it to get a good grade, basically."
While Phoebe's higher-range vocals may be more delicate and her words less complex, her songs can be just as affecting -- and effective.
And when I do you wrong
Sin pushes me away
It always takes so long
For me to stop askin
Phoebe's touching performance of "Will You Love Me," that swells to a stunning conclusion as the two repeatedly sing those four little words in harmony while turning a question into a plea, is one of the album's highlights, taking what could be an ordinary love song to deeper, spiritual heights.
"In reality, it's kind of written for my relationship with Christ," Phoebe said. "I'm always finding myself worrying that I don't ever measure up and I can't attain to God's perfection. And it's hard for me to just even talk to God because I feel like I'm not worthy. And I'm not. But at the same time, he doesn't see my faults. They're forgotten in his eyes and he loves me anyway, even though I have doubts about it."
Raised as devout Christians, Callie, 21, and Phoebe, 19, don't hide their show of faith, letting listeners slowly get the inspirational message without hitting you over the head with it. Clues are conveyed through other songs such as "Lawdy," "Got No Friends" and "Better Now."
Callie succinctly summed up the nature of the group.
"We're all four Christians. We're not a Christian band, but we're a band of Christians," she said, not volunteering that information until asked. "And we're all pretty seriously committed to that and it's very important to us... It's certainly something that people find out about us after they meet us. It's not like it takes a long time to realize that 'cause it's just how important it is to all of us."
Read the entire article from Huffington Post
A pair of sisters met a pair of brothers and became four of a promising kind. Known as The Vespers, this grounded group of homegrown musicians have Nashville in their blood but down-to-earthier ideals in their souls.
Blessed with humble spirits, and songs with such emotional depth and intricate harmonies, it makes you wonder how they can be so under the radar. This sister/brother act doesn't even have a manager -- or a Wikipedia page.
That's all about to change. With the release of their superb second album, The Fourth Wall, on April 3, the Vespers -- Callie and Phoebe Cryar, Taylor and Bruno Jones -- better get ready to lead a life less normal. As long as they're ready and willing, it's hard to fathom a better collection of unsigned, indie artists in the 19-22 age bracket capable of breaking through that wall.
Neither totally shy nor gregarious, the Cryar sisters are confident and outspoken enough to know what they want in their music, yet still open to outside ideas. Before a video shoot in their hometown last week, they graciously shared thoughts about the origin of the Vespers, The Fourth Wall, their Nashville upbringing and what they want out of all this.
Sister act
"Callie and I have been singing together for so long, it's more of a natural thing," said Phoebe, who proudly calls her older sister "a vocal powerhouse." Callie's bluesy delivery on Son House's "Grinnin In Your Face," the lone cover on the album, is proof positive of that.
The Cryar twosome (Callie, far right, and Phoebe in the "Flower Flower" video) share so many pretty physical traits that many have mistaken them for twins. While splitting lead vocals and playing a number of instruments (Callie: guitar, ukulele, banjo and electric bass; Phoebe: mostly banjo and guitar, some ukulele and an occasional mandolin and accordion), they admittedly remain competitive with each other (Phoebe: "Very"; Callie: "Extremely."). But their contrasting personalities are soon detectable, with Phoebe-speak coming quickly and quietly while a candid Callie pauses more often but is always "telling it like it is," her younger sibling reveals.
"We're definitely sisters, so we have our little spats here and there," Phoebe added. "But at the same time we understand each other very well."
While mostly in agreement during this almost hourlong conversation, the Cryars did have a difference of opinion about their songwriting abilities:
Phoebe: "I usually lean towards melodies, and her lyrics, she usually puts a lot more thought into hers and they're usually very powerful and they can stand on their own. But my lyrics are a lot more simple, I think. And I usually lean on the music more."
Callie: "I've got to correct you there."
Phoebe (expressing mock outrage): "What!"
Callie: "I think the reason I put more thought into my lyrics is because it's more of a struggle for me to just naturally come up with good lyrics. ... I don't like writing a song unless I'm proud of the lyrics and so it takes me longer and takes me studying harder to make lyrics that I like. Maybe that's why it seems like I'm better at lyrics, but I'm not. I just have to put more time into it to get a good grade, basically."
While Phoebe's higher-range vocals may be more delicate and her words less complex, her songs can be just as affecting -- and effective.
And when I do you wrong
Sin pushes me away
It always takes so long
For me to stop askin
Phoebe's touching performance of "Will You Love Me," that swells to a stunning conclusion as the two repeatedly sing those four little words in harmony while turning a question into a plea, is one of the album's highlights, taking what could be an ordinary love song to deeper, spiritual heights.
"In reality, it's kind of written for my relationship with Christ," Phoebe said. "I'm always finding myself worrying that I don't ever measure up and I can't attain to God's perfection. And it's hard for me to just even talk to God because I feel like I'm not worthy. And I'm not. But at the same time, he doesn't see my faults. They're forgotten in his eyes and he loves me anyway, even though I have doubts about it."
Raised as devout Christians, Callie, 21, and Phoebe, 19, don't hide their show of faith, letting listeners slowly get the inspirational message without hitting you over the head with it. Clues are conveyed through other songs such as "Lawdy," "Got No Friends" and "Better Now."
Callie succinctly summed up the nature of the group.
"We're all four Christians. We're not a Christian band, but we're a band of Christians," she said, not volunteering that information until asked. "And we're all pretty seriously committed to that and it's very important to us... It's certainly something that people find out about us after they meet us. It's not like it takes a long time to realize that 'cause it's just how important it is to all of us."
Read the entire article from Huffington Post
An Aerobics Funny
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape.
So I got my doctor's permission to join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over.
[forwarded by David Campbell]
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Monday, September 17, 2012
Film will document Kentucky fan phenomenon
From Mark Story over at Kentucky.com
The soon-to-be-completed documentary film that its makers hope will become "the ultimate piece of University of Kentucky basketball fan memorabilia" began in an unusual way.
Brothers Tim and Steve Bates had an idea for a reality TV show. "It was about being too old to make it in the music business," Steve Bates says. "It was called Too Old To Rock & Roll."
One day, the brothers were lamenting the difficulty in attracting financing in Central Kentucky for entertainment ideas. The television news was playing in the background. It showed a picture of Kentucky Wildcats fans camping out for tickets to Big Blue Madness.
Says Tim Bates: "Our sister (Tara Kleycamp) sort of made the comment, 'If you guys are going to do a documentary, that's what you need to do it on right there, how crazy the (Kentucky fans) are.'"
An idea was planted. When the Bates brothers met with the local film director Jason Epperson about their rock and roll concept, they also mentioned they had been mulling some kind of UK basketball documentary.
"I've wanted to do a UK project since I got into filmmaking," says Epperson, 36, a Winchester native who finished as runner-up on a 2007 Fox reality TV show for aspiring filmmakers called On The Lot.
The Bates brothers and Epperson began to brain storm over ideas for a UK basketball-oriented feature film.
"We were all trying to decide, what is the (UK basketball) film we can do that everyone would just want to come to?" Epperson said. "And it kept coming back to the fans. We were like 'Let's do it on the fans.'"
Some two years later, the trio and their fourth partner, WLEX TV personality and comic Lee Cruse, are working to put the finishing touches on Sixth Man — A Krazy Love Story.
The word I've heard from other Lexington media members who have seen parts of the film is that it is good. If all goes as planned, the film will be available for purchase in time for March Madness, 2013. (For sales information, monitor the website 6thmanmovie.com).
Read entire article from Kentucky.com
The soon-to-be-completed documentary film that its makers hope will become "the ultimate piece of University of Kentucky basketball fan memorabilia" began in an unusual way.
Brothers Tim and Steve Bates had an idea for a reality TV show. "It was about being too old to make it in the music business," Steve Bates says. "It was called Too Old To Rock & Roll."
One day, the brothers were lamenting the difficulty in attracting financing in Central Kentucky for entertainment ideas. The television news was playing in the background. It showed a picture of Kentucky Wildcats fans camping out for tickets to Big Blue Madness.
Says Tim Bates: "Our sister (Tara Kleycamp) sort of made the comment, 'If you guys are going to do a documentary, that's what you need to do it on right there, how crazy the (Kentucky fans) are.'"
An idea was planted. When the Bates brothers met with the local film director Jason Epperson about their rock and roll concept, they also mentioned they had been mulling some kind of UK basketball documentary.
"I've wanted to do a UK project since I got into filmmaking," says Epperson, 36, a Winchester native who finished as runner-up on a 2007 Fox reality TV show for aspiring filmmakers called On The Lot.
The Bates brothers and Epperson began to brain storm over ideas for a UK basketball-oriented feature film.
"We were all trying to decide, what is the (UK basketball) film we can do that everyone would just want to come to?" Epperson said. "And it kept coming back to the fans. We were like 'Let's do it on the fans.'"
Some two years later, the trio and their fourth partner, WLEX TV personality and comic Lee Cruse, are working to put the finishing touches on Sixth Man — A Krazy Love Story.
The word I've heard from other Lexington media members who have seen parts of the film is that it is good. If all goes as planned, the film will be available for purchase in time for March Madness, 2013. (For sales information, monitor the website 6thmanmovie.com).
Read entire article from Kentucky.com
A Lawyer Question Funny
Max: "Are you a lawyer?
Fred: "Yes, I am."
Max: "How much do you charge?"
Fred: "Four hundred dollars for four questions."
Max: "Isn't that terribly expensive?"
Fred: "Yes, it is. What's your fourth question?"
[forwarded by Al Keeney]
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I'm reading a book about anti-gravity. I just can't put it down.
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Sunday, September 16, 2012
Pope Benedict: If we want peace, let’s defend life!
On his previous 23 foreign journeys, Benedict XVI largely had followed that pattern. It’s no accident that his most developed reflections on secularism have come in France, the U.K., and Germany, while some of his most fiery social rhetoric has come on outings to Brazil in 2007 and to Africa in both 2009 and 2011.
Today, however the pope broke that mold, instead offering a memorable phrase to express the idea that being pro-peace and pro-life is one organic whole: “If we want peace,” he said, “let’s defend life!”
Benedict may not exactly be a sound-bite machine, but there’s probably a bumper sticker there someplace.
Read entire article from the NCRonline
The real miracle...
Love is what we were born with.
Fear is what we learned here.
- Marianne Williamson
Saturday, September 15, 2012
Friday, September 14, 2012
What casts a big shadow?
Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow,
it only saps today of its joy.
- Leo Buscaglia
An Eggplant Funny
A grocer put up a sign that read "Eggplants, 25 cents each -- three for a dollar."
All day long, customers came in exclaiming: "Don't be ridiculous! I should get FOUR for a dollar!"
Meekly the grocer capitulated and packaged four eggplants.
The tailor next door had been watching these antics and finally asked the grocer, "Aren't you going to fix the mistake on your sign?"
"What mistake?" the grocer asked. "Before I put up that sign no one ever bought more than one eggplant."
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I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
A Golf Funny
Ted was struggling with his golf game so he enlisted the help of Bob, the club pro.
After observing Ted's game through nine holes, Bob said, "I think I know your primary problem."
Ted was eager for some answers: "What is it?" he asked.
Bob replied, "You're standing too close to the ball after you hit it."
[forwarded by Al Keeney]
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I tried to catch some fog, but I mist.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Beware...
You are not your mind. You, a Spiritual BEing,
are neither your mind nor your body.
Mind and body are your tools - to use as you choose.
Sometimes your body appears to have a will of its own,
as when it twitches or pains.
Likewise, your mind often appears to have its own will.
That incessant chattering of regret, disappointment, guilt,
shame, foreboding, worry, and fear
is your Rattlesnake Mind striking off on its own.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
A Windows funny
A wife texts her husband on a cold winter's morning: "Windows frozen."
Her husband texts back: "Pour some lukewarm water over it."
The wife texts back 5 minutes later: "Computer completely messed up now."
[forwarded by Val Arends]
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I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
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Her husband texts back: "Pour some lukewarm water over it."
The wife texts back 5 minutes later: "Computer completely messed up now."
[forwarded by Val Arends]
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I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012
USA Olympic speed skater will discuss her journey to become a Franciscan nun
Former USA Olympic speed skater Sister Catherine Holum will be the special guest speaker at this year's Towards Advent Festival. The event - now in its 12th year - takes place at London's Westminster Cathedral Hall on Saturday 24 November and will be opened by London Archbishop Vincent Nichols.
Sister Catherine - who as Kristen Holum skated at the 1998 Winter
Olympics in Japan - comes from a sporting family. Her mother Diane won a gold medal at the 1972 Olympics.
In this Olympic year, Sister Catherine will tell the story of how as a teenager she first sensed a call to the religious life, and how she gave up speed skating and is now a Franciscan Sister of the Renewal, based in Leeds. She first sensed her vocation during a childhood visit to the shrine at Fatima, and then in her late teens she took part in the World Youth Day at Toronto with Pope - now Blessed - John Paul II. It was there that she had a deep conviction that she had a call to give her life fully to Christ.
9/11...We Remember...
Today is the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America. We must not forget to remember.
In that spirit, I'm passing on thoughts written by Funnies friend, Lucas Ellis, a missionary in England. He wrote this to share with his son and kindly shared it with us.
Mikey
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BRAVERY
By Lucas Ellis
"The difference between someone who is scared and someone who is brave is that the brave person is scared, but tries anyway. Bravery cannot exist without fear."
On September 11, 2001 my wife and I were in the middle of training in Manchester, England. We, and another American in the program, were asked to step outside the room. We were informed that two planes crashed into the World Trade Center buildings in an apparent terrorist attack. They wanted us to know before everyone else because it was our country and home. We stood there in shocked silence for a moment as a few details were given.
While we listened to the news, the rest of the students, from all across Britain, Europe, Africa and Canada, were told the same shocking news. A few, presumably with ties to America through friends and family, came into the hall to support us. I do not remember what words were spoken, but I do remember the tears.
So many people, almost three-and-a-half thousand miles away from New York City, were broken. I do not know what thoughts were flowing through their minds. Was it sorrow, fear, anger, bitterness, rage, confusion, compassion? After a few minutes of simply huddling together, our tears falling to the floor of the hallway, just as debris and humans were falling from the towers, the news came. Another plane had crashed into the Pentagon and a fourth plane seemed destined for the White House.
Fervent prayer ensued. We, as a community of Christians, prayed together in faith that the fourth plane would not make its destination. We prayed for divine intervention on a human event. Our prayers were already answered in the form of the brave passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93. All we found out at the time was that the plane never made it to Washington D.C.
Many stories have been told of men and women helping others evacuate. Many tales of people charging into certain death to do everything they could to ensure that others would not. Still, stories will never be told of those who could not escape, but faced death and stared it down. Those who stayed behind by choice so as not to leave those too beaten, broken, burned, bruised to die alone. Those who stayed behind to help others face fear. People who were brave for those who could not be brave.
If I ever need to teach my son the definition of bravery, I need not only look to my country's men and women who serve in public, military and voluntary roles, but to those who were thrust into service. They are heroes too. Millions were scared that day. Thousands were brave.
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Copyright 2011 Lucas Ellis. Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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When you get to your wit's end, you'll find God lives there.
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Hogs fans unite
You would think that John L. Smith did this to them. You would be wrong. There were things in the woods in the Ozarks. You can see them standing in the amber current of bourbon. On their heads were rubber hats with vermiculate porcine geometries that were maps of the world in its becoming, and also of the exact crash pattern of Bobby Petrino's motorcycle. Maps and mazes. Of a thing that could not be put back, but only replaced by a half-mad former Michigan State coach. In the deep glens where they lived that were older than man they hummed of mystery and FOIA requests and of Ryan Mallett jerseys.
P.S. If Arkansas beats Alabama by a score of 100-3, THIS WOMAN IS A GENIUS AND WE APOLOGIZE. (Via EDSBS)
Monday, September 10, 2012
A bauble funny
A young woman walked into a fancy jewelry store. She looked through all the
wonderful selections, found an especially gorgeous bauble and asked: "Can I
please put a small deposit on this until my boyfriend does something stupid
and unforgivable?"
[forwarded by Gretchen Patti]
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I just found out I'm awesome. You might want to get yourself tested.
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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Today's Saint • Frédéric Ozanam • Founder of St. Vincent de Paul Society
A man convinced of the inestimable worth of each human being, Frédéric served the poor of Paris well and drew others into serving the poor of the world. Through the St. Vincent de Paul Society, his work continues to the present day.
Frédéric was the fifth of Jean and Marie Ozanam’s 14 children, one of only three to reach adulthood. As a teenager he began having doubts about his religion. Reading and prayer did not seem to help, but long walking discussions with Father Noirot of the Lyons College clarified matters a great deal.
Frédéric wanted to study literature, although his father, a doctor, wanted him to become a lawyer. Frédéric yielded to his father’s wishes and in 1831 arrived in Paris to study law at the University of the Sorbonne. When certain professors there mocked Catholic teachings in their lectures, Frédéric defended the Church.
A discussion club which Frédéric organized sparked the turning point in his life. In this club Catholics, atheists and agnostics debated the issues of the day. Once, after Frédéric spoke about Christianity’s role in civilization, a club member said: "Let us be frank, Mr. Ozanam; let us also be very particular. What do you do besides talk to prove the faith you claim is in you?"
Frédéric was stung by the question. He soon decided that his words needed a grounding in action. He and a friend began visiting Paris tenements and offering assistance as best they could. Soon a group dedicated to helping individuals in need under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul formed around Frédéric.
Feeling that the Catholic faith needed an excellent speaker to explain its teachings, Frédéric convinced the Archbishop of Paris to appoint Father Lacordaire, the greatest preacher then in France, to preach a Lenten series in Notre Dame Cathedral. It was well attended and became an annual tradition in Paris.
After Frédéric earned his law degree at the Sorbonne, he taught law at the University of Lyons. He also earned a doctorate in literature. Soon after marrying Amelie Soulacroix on June 23, 1841, he returned to the Sorbonne to teach literature. A well-respected lecturer, Frédéric worked to bring out the best in each student. Meanwhile, the St. Vincent de Paul Society was growing throughout Europe. Paris alone counted 25 conferences.
In 1846, Frédéric, Amelie and their daughter Marie went to Italy; there he hoped to restore his poor health. They returned the next year. The revolution of 1848 left many Parisians in need of the services of the St. Vincent de Paul conferences. The unemployed numbered 275,000. The government asked Frédéric and his co-workers to supervise the government aid to the poor. Vincentians throughout Europe came to the aid of Paris.
Frédéric then started a newspaper, The New Era, dedicated to securing justice for the poor and the working classes. Fellow Catholics were often unhappy with what Frédéric wrote. Referring to the poor man as "the nation’s priest," Frédéric said that the hunger and sweat of the poor formed a sacrifice that could redeem the people’s humanity
In 1852 poor health again forced Frédéric to return to Italy with his wife and daughter. He died on September 8, 1853. In his sermon at Frédéric’s funeral, Lacordaire described his friend as "one of those privileged creatures who came direct from the hand of God in whom God joins tenderness to genius in order to enkindle the world."
Frédéric was beatified in 1997. Since Frédéric wrote an excellent book entitled Franciscan Poets of the Thirteenth Century and since Frederick’s sense of the dignity of each poor person was so close to the thinking of St. Francis, it seemed appropriate to include him among Franciscan "greats."
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Professor Bailly, the spiritual leader of the first St. Vincent de Paul conference, told Frédéric and his first companions in charity, "Like St. Vincent, you, too, will find the poor will do more for you than you will do for them."
Frédéric was the fifth of Jean and Marie Ozanam’s 14 children, one of only three to reach adulthood. As a teenager he began having doubts about his religion. Reading and prayer did not seem to help, but long walking discussions with Father Noirot of the Lyons College clarified matters a great deal.
Frédéric wanted to study literature, although his father, a doctor, wanted him to become a lawyer. Frédéric yielded to his father’s wishes and in 1831 arrived in Paris to study law at the University of the Sorbonne. When certain professors there mocked Catholic teachings in their lectures, Frédéric defended the Church.
A discussion club which Frédéric organized sparked the turning point in his life. In this club Catholics, atheists and agnostics debated the issues of the day. Once, after Frédéric spoke about Christianity’s role in civilization, a club member said: "Let us be frank, Mr. Ozanam; let us also be very particular. What do you do besides talk to prove the faith you claim is in you?"
Frédéric was stung by the question. He soon decided that his words needed a grounding in action. He and a friend began visiting Paris tenements and offering assistance as best they could. Soon a group dedicated to helping individuals in need under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul formed around Frédéric.
Feeling that the Catholic faith needed an excellent speaker to explain its teachings, Frédéric convinced the Archbishop of Paris to appoint Father Lacordaire, the greatest preacher then in France, to preach a Lenten series in Notre Dame Cathedral. It was well attended and became an annual tradition in Paris.
After Frédéric earned his law degree at the Sorbonne, he taught law at the University of Lyons. He also earned a doctorate in literature. Soon after marrying Amelie Soulacroix on June 23, 1841, he returned to the Sorbonne to teach literature. A well-respected lecturer, Frédéric worked to bring out the best in each student. Meanwhile, the St. Vincent de Paul Society was growing throughout Europe. Paris alone counted 25 conferences.
In 1846, Frédéric, Amelie and their daughter Marie went to Italy; there he hoped to restore his poor health. They returned the next year. The revolution of 1848 left many Parisians in need of the services of the St. Vincent de Paul conferences. The unemployed numbered 275,000. The government asked Frédéric and his co-workers to supervise the government aid to the poor. Vincentians throughout Europe came to the aid of Paris.
Frédéric then started a newspaper, The New Era, dedicated to securing justice for the poor and the working classes. Fellow Catholics were often unhappy with what Frédéric wrote. Referring to the poor man as "the nation’s priest," Frédéric said that the hunger and sweat of the poor formed a sacrifice that could redeem the people’s humanity
In 1852 poor health again forced Frédéric to return to Italy with his wife and daughter. He died on September 8, 1853. In his sermon at Frédéric’s funeral, Lacordaire described his friend as "one of those privileged creatures who came direct from the hand of God in whom God joins tenderness to genius in order to enkindle the world."
Frédéric was beatified in 1997. Since Frédéric wrote an excellent book entitled Franciscan Poets of the Thirteenth Century and since Frederick’s sense of the dignity of each poor person was so close to the thinking of St. Francis, it seemed appropriate to include him among Franciscan "greats."
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Professor Bailly, the spiritual leader of the first St. Vincent de Paul conference, told Frédéric and his first companions in charity, "Like St. Vincent, you, too, will find the poor will do more for you than you will do for them."
A Butcher Funny
A woman walks into a butcher shop and asks the butcher how much a pound of tenderloin is.
"$12 per pound," replies the butcher.
"Are you sure? That can't be," says the lady.
"Look, madam, it says right here on the card that it's $12 per pound."
"But that seems so high compared to other butchers in the area."
"Lady, maybe they gave you the price for a poorer cut of beef."
"No, the butcher across the street said it was $9 per pound," she says.
"Well, then, why don't you go buy it there?" asks the butcher.
"Because they are all out."
"Well, when I'm all out, I sell it for $8 per pound," retorts the butcher.
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I didn't like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Little Johnny Funny
Little Johnny did not know that his family was poor.
One day he came to school wearing just one shoe. The teacher asked, "Johnny, did you lose a shoe?"
"No ma'am," he said, "I found one."
[forwarded by Al Keeney]
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Did you hear about the two air-heads who froze to death in a drive-in movie? They went to see "Closed for the Winter."
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